Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-03-04
A ''pRorrssloNAL scApEcoAr.n
A Description of tho Duties of His Po-
sitioii-pnld for Being Seeded.

A Description of tho Duties of Ills Po-
sition-Pnid for Being Scoldcd.
professional scapcgoat" docs not ap-
pear among the thousands of occupations
which designate the manner of employ
mcnt of the inhabitants Of this city MS
classified in the Philadelphia directory.
More than one man wlioEc name appears
there graced by tho simple but coinprc-
hensivc word clerk is, if tho truth
were known, fully entitled to classilica-
ton as a professional scapcsoat. There
Is moro than one who is raid y sulg.an-
tial salary by large houses for no other
occupation than taking upon his should
crs the blame for all tho nistlccds of tho
establishment and sliiTerin, the supposed
loss of his situation at tho rate of ten or
n dozen times day, or rs much oftcncr
MS occmsion may require. Being dis
charged half Il dozen timcsa day without
once losing his position, and Mt the same
tune being we'll paid for tho peculiar per-
formancc, is. indeed, Il novel idea. This
Is how il is done:
a lady makes purchase Of several mr.
ticlcs, all Of which arc to 10 rcnt to hcr
address, IS .yivcn. Before Il certain hour.
without fail. Tho following day The cl.;-
toner returns ard il her own sweet way
proceeds 10 ''tcar ont" the floor manager
or proprietor, aS il may Gc, because the
Goods failed To arrive at Tie promised
hour. Tho story il patiently heard. and
the word is passed along for Smith.
Smith makes his appearance witha cotIl-
tenancs professionally lcnitcrt ai.d sub
misssivc.
''Sm...i," the manager bc.-in.;. lyon
were instructed to send this lady; goods
to the address given you before :, cclccIl?"
''Ics, sir, is Smiths plaintivc reply,
"b,...''
'Ncvcr mind an explanation. IN
dcrstand. Your neglect caused the de-
Lay and has ri'ied the loss of ono of our
Lest cu:tomcrs. We can not pat mp with
your carc.Sncss any longer. You Elay
30 to the Office and get your pay" Smith
steals away with IL rea,lymadc crcstfallcn
look upon his face.
'Mndam, | regret the occurrence OF
such an unnecessary Llundcr, but assure
you it will not happen again; surely not
from that man, )" and madam takes her
departure fully satisfied that sho has had
her revenge,
Another iratc customer appears on the
Ecno. This time the trouble is with n
suit of furniture which had been pur-
chased week before as in perfect order,
bit has already begun 10 show signs of
approaching dissolution. The aggricved
purchaser opens OH the manager, who ut
once sends for tho "man who takes tho
blame and opens the usual programme.
"Iiow is this, sir! What do YOU mean
by sending out goods in such condition?
Ion have been repeatedly told not to per-
NIT any goods to leave your department
unless i'll perfect order. This i. not Tic
first time this has happcnc,l; but il will
Ike tho last. Go To the Office and yet Your
pay; VIC have no further use for your
scr,tccr.
madam, am very so1-; That you
should have been so deceived b. ono Of
Or f.,ie;mca. We can nol vcry' wei!
fake i,ack the furniture after il has been
used. but we will rcnd n man 60 your
house In PIT il i'll proper shape" and TIC
lady gnci I'cr way satisfied that she hrs
received justice.
The Man who tallc5 the blame is
next discharged for oycrcharginy in max
ing . Gale al silk dress gcoli. lie then
snlTnrs TRADE of abuse, and is rIso To 10
brca,,fc he ias sold n set of fine china
without calling abe attention of the pur-
ciG.scr to several little defects. And 80 il
E>cs from morning 10 night. tlay after
day. week il AMI week ont. Tie pocr
fellow ii made to nn.icr for al the sins nl
the entire cataG,s!:mcnt, from The mama
ger down 10 The GRAND boy.
Docs it payi'' echoed prominent
business man the other day in rcspDn,ic TO
nm inquiry on the subject. well. l
should say il did. Why, we have mau
who take; the llalnc for orr establish.
ncnt who is worth thousands of dollars
to lis every year. We can SILL n good
many slightly damaged ~ imperfect
goods which sye could moi otherwise dis
pose of cXccp. at a great sacrifice. Then
we SAGE u great many good customers,
who bcroiSe diSplcased about small ls&f6
tcr' which arc not done just rs they 1cf:''
1t is Il strange but true fact That {S1<
people Hrc satisfied 10 put up with ~
siderable Inconvenience If they car ).
Ike rcvcnGcd by seeing some ON +
charged. Gomctimc; when we bril- i
or man who takes the blame til&{55f
toner ventures 10 :;uggcat that lie 9:43fI
the oac who waited Oil her, but NvctHf
that ho is and the man atlt,n his oJ {5f4 ~;
sertion. and i'll Zinc cases OF. Of tel II
customer is convinced. Very few &,
take enough Eo.icc of snlcs,nut
identify him, unless they meet him H27S{tf
qucntly. hive Known Hono cstal S48ttss'
mcnt3 that have emplcrcl two or rlorc
incn to take blame in order to facilitate
matters The funniest part of the thing
il that our scapcGoat man grows fat on
liking cursed. He has increased from
$50 to 2a0 pounds in fifteen months, and
smiles go much that We will lave to
change him and get some dyspcpiic lool,-
la.s individual il li; place. '-rhila,lcl-
phia Record.
Stewards Working womcn's Home.
When y. I. Stewart tried in Ii, blum
derins maSni!!cence to provide home